Republican senators introduce bills targeting nitazenes, synthetic opioids potentially deadlier than fentanyl. New legislation aims to detect, classify, and sanction the threat.

According to a 2020 report from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, China is the main source of fentanyl and fentanyl-related products that end up in the U.S. That latter class includes chemical precursors of the drug, which make their way to Mexico, where cartels oversee the manufacture and export of fentanyl.

Increasing numbers of people nationwide are abusing both methamphetamine and fentanyl; the new synthetic speedball is a very dangerous and even fatal choice.

Most of the deadly fentanyl that has flooded into the United States over the past decade is produced in clandestine labs by criminal groups in Northern Mexico, according to the DEA and DHS. They operate in Mexican cities and states near the U.S. border, and the chemists who manufacture the drug smuggle the ingredients they need primarily from Asia.

Two Montgomery County employees became sick Tuesday afternoon after handling a flyer that authorities say later tested positive for fentanyl.

Two Montgomery County employees experienced symptoms after accepting a damp, pink-tinted flyer from a stranger, Montgomery County authorities say.

A Pulaski County man was sentenced to 13 years in prison Wednesday on one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl resulting in death in connection with the 2023 death of a Little Rock man.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States will cut its tariffs on Chinese goods imposed as a punishment over the flow of fentanyl to 10% from 20%, after his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea.

Marking what they called a “high water mark” in the effort to combat the region’s fentanyl crisis, state and local officials announced Wednesday that they had seized 50 million doses of the deadly synthetic drug in raids across Pennsylvania this year.